Man dies after golf cart plunges over embankment into Potomac

One person taken to City Hospital, another treated at the scene

August 2, 2010

FALLING WATERS -A Maryland man died early Sunday morning and two others were injured after a golf cart plunged over a steep embankment into the Potomac River in northern Berkeley County.

Sixty-year-old Marshall Marks, of New Market, Md., was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after emergency medical services personnel arrived, police said in a news release.

He is believed to have died from injuries sustained in the accident, accident investigators said.

There also were two passengers in the golf cart when it fell into the river. One of the passengers, identified as Anthony Langston, was transported to City Hospital in Martinsburg for treatment of injuries sustained in the accident.

Another passenger, Earl Biscotti, was released at the scene after treatment by EMS personnel, police said. Langston's and Biscotti's ages and addresses were not immediately available.

The accident was investigated by Lt. B.F. Hall and Deputy R. Lippman of the Berkeley County Sheriff's Department.

The accident happened at River Bend Park, a recreational vehicle community in northern Berkeley County.

Deputies were dispatched to the park, which is located off of Vineyard Road, at 12:22 a.m. Sunday for a reported accident involving a golf cart. Deputies arrived at the scene and found that a golf cart driven by Marks had plunged into the Potomac River after going over a 15-foot embankment. Marks was apparently trying to turn the cart around on a narrow trail when he lost control, causing the cart to go over the embankment, police said.

Deputies said they don't know if alcohol was a factor in the accident.